Cathy Newman , Presenter
Cathy Newman is the first female main presenter of Channel 4 News.
She joined the programme in 2006 and has broadcast a string of scoops, including allegations of violent abuse against the British barrister John Smyth, sexual harassment allegations against the Liberal Democrat peer Lord Rennard, and an investigation into a British sex offender, Simon Harris, which saw him jailed for 17 years.
Previously Cathy spent over a decade working in Fleet Street, latterly with the Financial Times.
Her book - Bloody Brilliant Women: Pioneers, Revolutionaries & Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention - about female pioneers in 20th century Britain, was published in autumn 2018.
Her second book, It Takes Two: A History of the Couples Who Dared To Be Different, is published on October 15, 2020.
In her spare time, Cathy is a keen amateur violinist, and plays in The Statutory Instruments quartet with members of parliament and Westminster staff.
In 2000, Cathy won the prestigious Laurence Stern Fellowship, spending four months at the Washington Post.
She is married with two children.
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UK needs to ‘loosen the tap’ to repair labour and fuel shortages, says Lord Rose
We spoke to Conservative peer Stuart Rose, who has run many high street retailers and now chairs EG group, the petrol forecourts giant that has bought Asda.
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‘Women need to believe something will be done’ if they report sexual offences, says women’s charity
Alison Lowe is West Yorkshire’s deputy mayor for policing and crime, and Emily Turner is from the charity Women’s Lives Leeds, which aims to make Leeds the first women-friendly city in the UK.
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‘There is action that can be taken on green levies’, says Labour MP
We spoke to the Labour MP Darren Jones, who’s chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee in the House of Commons.
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Former Met officer speaks about her experience of sexism and racism in the force
The murder of Sarah Everard by a serving Met police officer has plunged the force into crisis. And yesterday the home secretary announced an independent inquiry into systematic failures by the police. After that announcement, we spoke to one former officer, a British Asian woman, about her experience of sexism and racism at Scotland Yard.…
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‘We need coordinated action with government’ to tackle energy price crisis, former industry body chair says
We talk to the former chair of the Energy Intensive Users Group, Andrew Large, about rising costs.
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Johnson ‘extremely fired up’ about tackling violence against women despite ‘colourful’ past comments, says policing minister
We spoke to Policing Minister Kit Malthouse, and started by asking if he had full confidence in the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick to deliver on the findings of the inquiries.
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Conservative tax hikes ‘disproportionately put on business‘, says economics editor
We spoke to Sebastian Payne, who is Whitehall editor for the Financial Times, and Kate Andrews, who is the economics editor for The Spectator.
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‘I think the UK remains incredibly big hearted and welcoming’ – Nadhim Zahawi on migrant crossings
We spoke to the Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi
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‘HGV driver shortage is not necessarily linked to Brexit’, says James Cleverly
We spoke to Foreign Office minister James Cleverly and put it to him that if he wants the UK to have full control over its own destiny, is it worth the short-term pain of issues such as queues at petrol stations?
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‘Boris Johnson has shown leadership throughout fuel crisis’, says Tory MP
We spoke to Conservative MP Jake Berry, head of the Northern Research Group of so-called Red Wall Tories who helped deliver Boris Johnson’s 2019 landslide election victory.
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Labour ‘is united’ shadow minister says despite frontbench resignation
Sir Keir Starmer will be rehearsing his lines for his keynote speech tomorrow. It’s his first in-person conference as leader, so it’ll be a big day.
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Government must prioritise fuel if situation doesn’t improve, says Tory council leader
David Fothergill is the Conservative leader of Somerset Council, and also chairs the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board.
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Brexit ‘has played part’ in lorry driver shortages, says Reeves
Before the news of Andy McDonald’s resignation from the shadow cabinet, we spoke to Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, and began by asking how much she believed Brexit was to blame for the HGV driver shortage.
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McDonald resignation ‘looks like deliberate sabotage’ says shadow Scotland secretary
We spoke to Shadow Scotland Secretary Ian Murray and Andy McDonald’s resignation.
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Labour party has got to be ‘bolder and bigger’, says Andy McDonald
We spoke to Andy McDonald and asked him why he made the decision to resign.
